Most Valuable defenders by Market Value in Championship 26/27

The most valuable defenders in Championship in 26/27, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

T. Crama of Millwall is the standout for raw talent across defenders in Championship, with a Field Insider Rating of 78.7, and A. Ahmed leads the scoring with 4 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: T. Crama has improved his Season rating most, up +40.9 on last season. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, T. Crama of Millwall is the most valuable name in this group at 47.8.

Millwall · 24/25→25/26

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Millwall · 24/25→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	T. Crama Full-back	Millwall	24	47.8	62192%	7973.3%
2	L. Miller Full-back	Blackburn	26	36.6	3024.4%	5924.4%
3	C. Hughes Centre-back	Hull City	22	34.4	43145.5%	7211.9%
4	K. Ramsay Centre-back	Charlton	25	34.2	3625.3%	6329.2%
5	J. Ngakia Full-back	Watford	26	33.9	323.3%	642.9%
6	S. Sambo Centre-back	Burnley	25	32.2	348375%	617.6%
7	J. Tchamadeu Full-back	Stoke City	22	32	2428.4%	649.2%
8	A. Ahmed Full-back	Norwich	25	31.7	1318.1%	6460.9%
9	L. Morrison Centre-back	QPR	23	30.3	113.7%	585.7%
10	A. Boiro Centre-back	West Ham	24	29	9±0%	68±0%
11	A. Mbengue Full-back	QPR	24	28.8	31±0%	67±0%
12	C. Taylor Centre-back	Millwall	23	28.3	39±0%	69±0%
13	Daniel Edward Peter Imray Full-back	Wrexham	23	28.2	944.7%	4819.1%
14	A. Doughty Full-back	Millwall	26	28.1	1937%	585.7%
15	N. Mendy Centre-back	Hull City	22	28	30±0%	80±0%
16	N. Galves Centre-back	West Brom	23	28	2610.2%	681.3%
17	S. Bueno Centre-back	Wolves	27	27.9	235.7%	6512.1%
18	Juan Larios Full-back	Southampton	22	27.6	211.5%	58±0%
19	Hugo Bueno Full-back	Wolves	23	27.6	27±0%	79±0%
20	Zak Norton Sturge Full-back	Millwall	22	27.6	36±0%	70±0%
21	A. Malanda Centre-back	Middlesbrough	24	27.5	3424.3%	460.9%
22	N. Djiga Centre-back	Wolves	23	27.4	3624.7%	528.9%
23	Z. Abbott Full-back	Southampton	20	27.4	1	69
24	D. Elerewe Centre-back	Lincoln	23	27.1	378%	4223.4%
25	G. Campbell Centre-back	West Brom	25	27	379.4%	662.5%
26	Morato Full-back	West Ham	25	26.9	21±0%	71±0%
27	T. Lamptey Full-back	QPR	25	26.9	0±0%	57±0%
28	F. Lissah Centre-back	Swansea	21	26.9	3913.5%	49±0%
29	K. Adamson Centre-back	QPR	23	26.9	4±0%	55±0%
30	Billy Dawson Koumetio Centre-back	Charlton	23	26.8	1313.4%	42±0%
31	J. Córdoba Full-back	Norwich	25	26.8	21±0%	63±0%
32	C. Doyle Centre-back	Wrexham	22	26.7	31±0%	71±0%
33	João Henrique Full-back	QPR	20	26.5	87500%	626.9%
34	N. Wood-Gordon Centre-back	Southampton	24	26.4	26±0%	67±0%
35	T. Devlin Centre-back	Portsmouth	22	26.4	43±0%	68±0%
36	R. Alebiosu Full-back	Blackburn	24	26.4	31±0%	68±0%
37	L. Graham Centre-back	Stoke City	22	26.3	3513.2%	49±0%
38	L. Bombino Full-back	Stoke City	20	26.3	3032.6%	439.6%
39	A. Coubiș Full-back	Lincoln	22	26.3	188.6%	331.5%
40	I. Mesík Centre-back	Charlton	25	26.2	18±0%	63±0%
41	J. Tchatchoua Centre-back	Wolves	25	26.1	12±0%	742.8%
42	M. Pollock Centre-back	Watford	24	26	19±0%	65±0%
43	C. Styles Full-back	West Brom	26	26	47±0%	61±0%
44	B. Chrisene Centre-back	Norwich	22	26	11±0%	62±0%
45	M. Conway Full-back	Bolton	23	26	34±0%	511.6%
46	L. Eissat Centre-back	Bristol City	21	25.8	2217.1%	447.4%
47	E. Baggott Centre-back	Millwall	23	25.8	191.1%	5625.8%
48	Tyler Bindon Centre-back	Charlton	21	25.8	249.7%	684%
49	K. Keben Full-back	Watford	22	25.7	14±0%	64±0%
50	J. Seelt Centre-back	Swansea	23	25.6	271.2%	6910%